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CVE-2026-78847: gray-matter · CVE-2026-78847 is a critical

Affects gray-matterSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 48% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 21 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
npmgray-matterpkg:npm/gray-matterOther threatsAffected
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Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Until a fix is available, avoid processing untrusted front matter with gray-matter or disable parsing of JavaScript front matter if possible.

Description

CVE-2026-78847 is a critical vulnerability in the gray-matter library affecting all versions, including 4.0.3. It involves the use of eval() in the JavaScript engine within lib/engines.js to parse front matter when the language is set to js/javascript, enabling arbitrary code execution.

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